Comment by shankthechicken

Ugh, that's terrible. I saw the alliance version of this quest and they get to choose between a wand or a throwing axe. I was really looking forward to getting a nice throwing weapon on my rogue. Still decent XP for the chain though, considering once you get the discs in the first place its just a little errand running.

Comment by dmerringtn

you now get 6800 xp

Comment by SlikRogue

Great rewards for us cloth and leather wearers out there! :(

Comment by Molix

Is there actually a follow-up quest to this, as the text suggests? Could someone link it?

Comment by Catalyze

The quest line to obtain these rewards can be confusing, so here is a quick rundown on how to get to the end....on the Horde side. The Alliance side is almost exactly the same except it involves chatting up NPCs in Ironforge instead of Thunderbluff.

You can't start this quest line until you are level 40. The lineage is in 2 parts and the second part has a minimum level of 45. This is where a lot of folks get messed up......so start it at 40 and come back at 45 to finish it.

The first thing that has to be done is for the last boss in Uldaman (Archaedas) to be killed by any group whether you are in it or not. It takes a minimum of 3 folks to summon him so don't get a single high level friend to run you through. 3 have to click on an altar to summon him and then he can be killed.

Once he dies a set of doors behind him open up into a closed room. Here is where the quest line will start. At this point, anyone in this group's instance level 40 or above can start the quest line. So if you have a level 40 alt you can log off your high level main, log on your alt, get invited to the group by its leader, and come in and start the quest line without having to have killed anything in the instance.

In the room is a pile of discs which you will click on. These are the Discs of Norgannon and you will click on them and take the quest offered.

Now you will be asked to talk to a Watcher. He will appear on the side of the room as a ghost and you MUST click on him and then click every page of comments he gives you until you get the Quest Completed notice. It is several pages of "tell me more" "how does this all affect us" sort of things. When done with him, go back and click on the Discs one more time and you will receive a miniature version of them in your pack. Make sure to have room and Do Not lose them.

Click on the discs in your pack or you may have already gotten the instructions (can't remember) to take the discs to: Ironforge Explorers League if Alliance or Sage Truthseeker in Thunder Bluff. I am Horde so the specifics will be for Horde. Alliance is the same with just NPCs being in Ironforge instead.

Sage will give you this quest: The Platinum Discs, where you will talk to Bena Winterhoof, the alchemy trainer in Thunderbluff, for your reward. The Alliance talk to Dinita Stonemantle, who is in the Bank in Ironforge, with the same type of quest and the same rewards.

Now here is The Key to Happiness for this quest line that messes up a lot of folks: The NPCs will tell you when they send you off to get your reward "Come back and see me soon, there is much left to do!" This means in reality "Come back to me at Level 45 or above and start the rest of the quest line!" So your minimum start was level 40 and now you must be 45 to come back to this quest for Alliance or this one for Horde to continue. Come back and you will get a quest called Portents of Uldum (Horde) and Alliance). These send you across Thunderbluff and Ironforge to one more NPC. They will tell you to head off to Uldum in Tanaris with this quest: Alliance and Horde. This quest is called Seeing What Happens and requires you to have your Discs with you so make sure you have it in your pack. Fly to Gadgetzan and head to a pedestal in the far south of the map.

This pedestal is to the left side of a gate surrounded by level 49 and 50 elite giants. It is at the base of a pillar/column. If you can stealth then just do your thing up to it along the side. If you can't stealth, then go around the left hand (as you face the gates) hills to a ruins called Southmoon Ruins. Directly in front of the ruins gate is a sand path up the hills at location Take this path up and you will come down the hill right at the pedestal/column. Wait for a pathing elite to walk on by, slowly come up to the pedestal until your cursor/gear will activate it. Activate it and another ghost The Stone Watcher will appear and you will have to run through pages of conversation again clicking each page until you get Quest Complete. This is the quest for both sides: The Stone Watcher. Do it quickly as the pathing elite will come back by you. Now Do Not Forget to click the pedestal again!!! It will give you the quest back to Ironforge and Thunderbluff.

Alliance and Horde are the pedestal quests it gives. You just go back to the NPC that sent you to Uldum, turn it in, take the quest to the next Ironforge/Thunderbluff NPC and get your rewards: A Future Task for Horde and A Future Task for Alliance. Now you know how to do it from front to back. Good luck and have fun. Rate the post up if it helped you.

Comment by Wowroguedude

The sage that you are looking for is at (34,46) in Thunderbluff

Comment by Azza2

Gives 250 Thunder Bluff rep on completion for those doing old quests for Achivements

Comment by evilclone

i count 36,150 xp total from this whole chain

Comment by kosbane

Just thinking out loud here... But I think the "discs" will be "re-introduced" into Azeroth during WotLK. The new instance and the old gods in Ulduar seems to be connected with Uldum. Any one with some basic lore info or blue post to shine some light on this would be much appreciated. =)

Comment by worthit

This quest chain starts in Uldaman, in the room behind Archaedas (the last boss).

Comment by Nurrah

Maybe it's changed, but my 80 DK friend and I (68 Hunter) summoned Archaedas fine with just the two of us during an achievement run.

Comment by ltaranu

This *does* count toward Loremaster of Kalimdor.

Comment by Amrun

Ends the famous "Uldum questline". Uldum is likely to be released in the upcoming Cataclysm expansion, so that we might uncover it's hidden secrets, learn more about the Titan's technology, and probably kill an Old God or two while we're there.

A Future Task

This quest was marked obsolete by Blizzard and cannot be obtained or completed.

Speak with Sage Truthseeker in Thunder Bluff.

Description

Well <name>... we seem to be at an unfortunate impasse. We know what we need - the Plates of Uldum - but we have no idea where they might be. We will research this, and then devise a solid plan of attack. I have a couple ideas where to start looking; I have high hopes that soon, we'll be asking you to rejoin our efforts to discover the truth.

Sage Truthseeker needs to be informed on this, <name>; no doubt, he also wants to thank you personally for once again heeding the call.

We're all in agreement then - the best course of action is to wait until we can narrow down the areas where these plates might lie hidden. You've brought us this far <name>, and I hope you will be the one to head back in to the field to confront the secrets of Uldum.

Allow me to give you this honorarium in the meantime; this should cover any expenses you've encountered in assisting us, and a little something extra. Be sure to check back with us soon... Uldum beckons us all, young one.